As useful as manipulating minds and feelings are. [ He can feel the shift in the air around them-- the odd, but distinct sense of another person's Craft clashing against his own. Jaime isn't sophisticated enough to know what Jewel Lara holds right now, but he senses her intentions, as he imagines the Queen wants the people to feel when they get this whole 'web' thing right.

They're good intentions. Lara's better at this than him, probably, but Jaime has never really been good at gentle and subtle and care. Her spiral grows bigger than his, and Jaime isn't surprised, but he sure is grateful that the feeling extends towards him-- makes it easier to weave his own web, shaking less now that his mind isn't quite so tremulous. ]

I don't know a lot about the magic in Westeros, [ home ] except that I thought it was extinct. But is there really a goodness to it when this magic's the reason the people of this kingdom hate each other so much?

[ Jaime clicks his tongue. ] Makes you wonder.